Nature’s Way

A tender touch
upon bare skin,
with each caress,
remembering

days of youth
carefree laughter
innocent hopes
of happy ever after.

A breezy embrace
awakens senses
in a senseless world
of perpetual madness.

Oh, gentle zephyr
or tempestuous gale
you test and teach us
nature’s way.

#NaPoWriMo2020 Day18
(A reworking of an older poem)